Boughs of Holly for Christmas In July

Today’s Blog Hop Theme for Stampin Dreams is Christmas in July. Of course, I had to participate!! I chose to showcase the Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper.

Today’s Project – Leaves of HOlly

Today’s project not only showcases the beautiful Boughs of Holly DSP, but it is also a fun fold. And, it’s a very easy fun fold.

Today’s Color Palette – BOughs of HOlly

I took my color palette straight off the DSP. I don’t often use Sahara Sand and after using it on this card, I wonder why I don’t??? I love the way it looks with Evening Evergreen and Cherry Cobbler. It’s a great neutral.

You can Make it, too

Start with a 5 1/2″ X 11′ piece of Sahara Sand cardstock. Score it at 1 3/4″, 3 1/2″, 5 1/4″, and 7″ along the 11″ side. Fold mountain, valley, mountain valley.

Then, take the other half of the cardstock and cut a 3′ X 6″ piece of cardstock. Score it at 3″ along the 6″ side.

Cut two 1 1/2″ x 5 1/4″ pieces of Evening Evergreen cardstock. Then cut two pieces of 1 3/8″ x 5 1/8″ pieces of DSP. Attach the DSP to the Evening Evergreen mats. Then attach to card as shown.

Cut two 2 3/4″ X 2 3/4″ pieces of Evening Evergreen then cut two pieces of 2 5/8 X 2 5/8″ piece of DSP. Attach the DSP to the Evening Evergreen mats. Then attach to card as shown.

Finally Cut a 4 1/8″ x 5 1/8″ piece of Evening Evergreen. Attach a 4″ x 5 1/4′ piece of Basic White to the Evening Evergreen. Attach it to the inside of the card. Then attach a 1/2″ X 5 1/4″ piece of DSP to the left side. Stamp the sentiment using Cherry Cobbler ink making sure that it doesn’t show from the front.

To decorate the front panel, I fussy cut a pointsettia from the DSP and some of the leaves. I colored the Textural Elements with Cherry Cherry Cobbler and Evening Evergreen ink. The Gold Holly leaves added some sparkle to the front.

Don’t Forget the envelope

I used the poinsettia DSP on the envelope flap to finish it off.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. A list of supplies used to create it are at the end of this post. But now it’s time to hop along and get some more inspiration. So, grab a beverage, sit back, relax and enjoy the hop!

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